Combined card and display sign



March 22, 1927.

. 1,621,754 1.. ROMMEL COMBINED CARD AND DISPLAY SIGN Filed NOV. 11, 1924 Patented Mar. 2.2, 1927. 'l

LOUIS sonnet, nswaaa mass s, assistant; so. ETHEL en ilEW JERSEY.

mmas ase we Pl ase-a erv a ei eel er aba 3.2.4.- aie ?e 4a11- This invention relates to an improved card, and display sign which is adapted for use particularly as a price card or as an advertising card which can be used fiat or which can be folded to rest securely so that it will not fall over, the invention also being adapted for use as a tally and placard, simply as a placard or for various other uses to which it can be applied.

The card is a single sheet which can be folded and spread so that it forms a substantially vertical support with the right angle foot at the bottom acting as a brace for the major portion of the card which inclines forwardly and downwardly and forms the main display port-ion when used as a display sign.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a card in its fiat form and Figure 2 is a perspective view of the same card bent to form a display sign. Figure 3 is a section on line 3-3 in Figure 2. Figure 4t is a perspective view of a modified form of construction and Figure 5 is a section on line 5--5 in Figure 4.

The card 10 is usually of the ordinary pasteboard type and can be of any size such as small cards for placards or large cards for window display for advertising merchandise. The card can be used flat as shown in Figure 1 in which case it is adapted to be leaned against the goods or a suitable support or it can be bent and distorted to form a display sign and to provide for this I cut the card with a bottom out 11 and side cuts 12, these cuts being usually made so that the main or central portion 13 is the major portion of the card, the cuts 11 and 12 being disposed toward the bottom and side edges of the card 10 so that the main portion 13 can be swung forward as shown in Figure 2.

The bottom strip l t and the side strips 15 between the cuts and the edges of the card form a vertical supportand foot when they are bent substantially at right angles as shown in Figure 2. To make the folding easy and symmetrical, I usually provide a scored part between the side edges and the side cut-s as shown'at 16 in Figure 1 so that the foot 14 can be bent back as shown in Figure 2 and the side strips 15 form a support and a flanking frame for the portion and the top strip 17 is formed since the of the Cara;

side cuts 1-2 do not extend to the top edge lVliile' tli e cuts are emphasized in Figure 1, it will be understood that with machine cutting, these cuts are not conspicuous, in fact, are practically invisible which permits the card being used as a flat card since the usual printing thereon serves also to hide the cuts.

WVhen the card is bent, as shown in Figure 2, it is well braced and is not easily turned over. In the construction shown in Figures 4 and 5, the parts hereinbefore described are also used but in this form I show lips 18 which are pivoted on a scored line 19, the lips 18 extending across the scored portion 16 but being bent back before the card is folded on the lines 16 and forming a straight brace when the foot 14 is folded back, this form assisting in bold ing the frame part or vertical part of the sign in an upright position this being par ticularly advantageous in the larger sizes.

If desired, I may form a projection on the back face of the side portions of the card, these projections taking the form as shown at 20 in Figures 4: and 5 which can be embossed portions which stiffen this part of the card and also act as the means against which the end of the lip can be seated when the parts are so braced.

It will be understood that while I show a rectangular card, various ornamental or other shapes can be employed embodying the same general structure.

I claim:

1. A display device formed of a single piece of sheet material comprising a vertical frame, a horizontal base hinged tothe lower edge of the frame and extending rearwardly, and a display panel hinged to the upper portion of the frame and forming a forwardly bent brace to said frame, the height of the panel being greater than the distance between the bottom edge of the frame and the hinge connection between the panel and the frame.

2. A display device formed of a single piece of sheet material comprising a vertical frame, a horizontal base hinged to the lower edge ofthe frame and extending rearwardly, a dis lay panel hinged to the upper portion of te frame and forming a forwardly bent brace to said frame, the height of the panel being breater than the distance between the bottom edge of the frame and the hinge connection between the panel and the frame, and a lip extending across the juncture of base and frame and acting as a brace.

3. A display device formed of a single piece of sheet material comprising a vertical frame, a horizontal base hinged to the lower edge of the frame and extending rearwardly, a display panel hinged to the upper portion of the frame and forming a forwardly bent brace to said frame, the height of the panel being greater than the distance between the bottom edge of the frame, and the hinge connection between the panel and the frame, and a lip extending across the juncture of base and frame and acting as a brace, the sides of the frame being embossed to act as a stiffener and to act as an abutment for the end of the lip.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereto set my hand, this 14th day of October, 1924.

LOUIS ROMMEL. 

